Xu Guangchun

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Xu Guangchun (Chinese: 徐光春; Pinyin: Xú Guāngchūn; born November 1944) is a politician of the People's Republic of China who succeeded outgoing Henan Party Committee secretary Li Keqiang when he was transferred to Liaoning.

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Xu Guangchun was born in Shaoxing, Zhejiang in 1944. Before he graduated from high school he went to work for the Hangzhou Daily newspaper as a reporter. He graduated from Renmin University of China in 1969 and joined the Communist Party of China in 1973. During this time he continued to work for local military publications.

Xu became the Secretary of the CPC Henan Committee in 2004, and inherited a Henan bureaucracy that underwent large restructuring under Li Keqiang. He has, thus far, continued on Li's general policy direction. He is the member of the 16th and 17th CPC Central Committee.

He has been very active in journalist circles in China and has published a variety of books. He is married to Han Wufeng.

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Preceded by
Li Keqiang		 Secretary of the CPC Henan Committee
2004 –		 Succeeded by
incumbent
Preceded by
Li Keqiang		 Chairman of Henan People's Congress
2005 –		 Succeeded by
incumbent
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